{"id":"F2020L00947","name":"Higher Education Support (HELP Tuition Protection Levy) (Administrative Fee) Determination 2020","slug":"higher-education-support-help-tuition-protection-levy-administrative-fee-determination-2020","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":100347,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2020L00947-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Name","content":"#### 1 Name\n\n This instrument is the Higher Education Support (HELP Tuition Protection Levy) (Administrative Fee) Determination 2020.","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"#### 2 Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n```html\n

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\n```\n\n> Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Authority","content":"#### 3 Authority\n\n This instrument is made under section 9 of the Higher Education Support (HELP Tuition Protection Levy) Act 2020.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definitions","content":"#### 4 Definitions\n\n In this instrument:\n\n> Act means the Higher Education Support (HELP Tuition Protection Levy) Act 2020\n\n> Administrative fee component has the same meaning as in the Act.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Determination of administrative fee component","content":"#### 5 Determination of administrative fee component\n\n (1) For the purposes of section 8 of the Act, the following amounts are determined for the calendar year beginning on 1 January 2020:\n (a) the amount for the purposes of paragraph 8(2)(a) is $107; and\n (b) the amount for the purposes of paragraph 8(2)(b) is $9.\n\n> Note: Amounts specified for the purposes of paragraphs 8(2)(a) or (b) of the Act are subject to indexation in accordance with subsection 10(1) of the Act unless an instrument is made under section 9 of the Act for a subsequent year.","sortOrder":4}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not change the scope of the Act. It exercise the power in section 9 of the Act to determine specific administrative fee component amounts for the 2020 calendar year (see section 5 here) and notes indexation under subsection 10(1) of the Act; it does not add new obligations or widen who is covered."},"complexity_factors":["Short, focused instrument that only sets two numeric values rather than new rules","Depends on references to the Higher Education Support (HELP Tuition Protection Levy) Act 2020 (not reproduced here) for full operational effect (s.9 authority; s.8 purpose)","Indexation interplay noted (subsection 10(1) of the Act) meaning amounts can change unless superseded for later years","Immediate commencement timing (takes effect day after registration) requiring prompt administrative application","Low discretion: fixed amounts leave little interpretive room but require correct application within the broader levy formula"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument fixes the numerical administrative fee component amounts used to calculate the HELP Tuition Protection Levy for the calendar year beginning 1 January 2020. It sets $107 for paragraph 8(2)(a) and $9 for paragraph 8(2)(b) and comes into effect the day after registration.\n\nThose figures feed directly into levy calculations under the Higher Education Support (HELP Tuition Protection Levy) Act 2020. Entities whose levies are calculated under that Act will have their 2020 levy partly determined by these amounts, affecting payment and reporting for that year."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the narrow function intended by its parent Act — setting specific dollar amounts for administrative fees. 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